Rebecca Francis posted an image to Facebook of herself (left) and friend Tad Mecham with a bear she killed in Alaska. Photo / AP
A hunter from the US who has killed dozens of wild animals has been sent death wishes by furious social media users after a picture showing her lying down next to a dead giraffe was circulated.
Rebecca Francis has a website and Facebook page dedicated to the animals she has
killed in hunts across Africa and America.
Francis, a prolific hunter who has also co-hosted a television show called Eye of the Hunter, regularly posts pictures of herself posing next to dead bears, giraffes, buffaloes and zebras, among other animals. She uses a bow and arrow to kill her prey.
The mother-of-eight described her passion for hunting on her website, writing: "We hunt elk and deer every year without fail, even through pregnancy, and nursing babies. Our hunting trips are self-guided.
"I prefer bowhunting, and the animals I have taken with a bow include: a 10 ft (3.2m) brown bear, black bear, shiras moose, Alaskan moose, dall sheep, stone sheep, desert bighorn ram, rocky mountain bighorn ram, mule deer, whitetail deer, elk, mountain goat, antelope, arapawa ram, kudu, zebra, black wildebeest, giraffe, springbuck, blesbuck, lynx, badger, and squirrel. I have also taken many of the same species and more with a rifle."
